The Scholarly Republic of Ton Guo is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Grand Chancellor Zhi Yeung with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, infamous sell-swords, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 10.319 billion Guoans enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, although Education is also considered important, while Welfare and Law & Order receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yixinlong. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Guoanese economy, worth a remarkable 1,747 trillion Yangqians a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Information Technology, and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 169,385 Yangqians, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,168,234 per year while the poor average 8,708, a ratio of 134 to 1.

Crying babies are told to grow up, birth rates have hit an all-time low, diners regard burgers made from mechanically reclaimed cow protein as "proper meat", and suspicious glow-in-the-dark wasps remain a source of terror and awe. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Ton Guo's national animal is the Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ton Guo is ranked 62,646^th in the world and 7^th in The Allied Republics for Largest Populations, with 10.3 billion capita.